Watching the live feed from the Lauderdale airport I noticed ...

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three young white airport workers in yellow vests race toward a group of police officers, and safety. I also watched two African-American workers, wearing the exact same vests, approach the same area slowly, and with both hands behind their heads. I wonder why?

[ksoze]

1. Running towards police in a crises is crazy regardless of color

Running towards police in a crisis situation without arms up is foolish.

[NightWatcher]

2. Maybe cops told the white guys to haul ass

I've seen groups of people doing the traditional "hands up" slow walk towards cops too.

Don't jump to conclusions too early.

[guillaumeb]

3. One group looked guilty?

Or, one group assumed that the police would see them as guilty of something.

[MrScorpio]

4. Because, when you're living as a black person in this country...

You can never have the luxury of disregarding the relevance of your own skin as it pertains to any situation that you'll find yourself in... If anything, having or not a persistent state of self-awareness as a black person could mean the difference between life and death.


FDT.

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5. Precisely. HELL, even if you are a twice-elected POTUS, you will be ...

treated differently by the group of racist assholes who have sadly comprised the Republican majority in Congress for the last six years.